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Winter storm system hits eastern New Mexico, headed next to Texas Panhandle and central Oklahoma

ROSWELL, N.M.
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Alberta NDP leadership candidate says federal carbon levy is 'dead'

Alberta NDP leadership candidate says federal carbon levy is 'dead'

CALGARY — Alberta's former deputy premier entered the province's NDP leadership Sunday with criticism of the federal carbon levy and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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Warm weather forces Quebec winter carnival to shut ice palace on event's final day

Warm weather forces Quebec winter carnival to shut ice palace on event's final day

QUEBEC — Unseasonably mild weather has forced the Carnaval de Québec to close one of its signature venues on the last day of the event.
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Mardi Gras beads are creating a plastic disaster in New Orleans. Are there green alternatives?

Mardi Gras beads are creating a plastic disaster in New Orleans. Are there green alternatives?

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It’s a beloved century-old Carnival season tradition in New Orleans — masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of colorful beads or other trinkets to parade watchers clamoring with outstretched arms.
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Southwest winter storm moves into New Mexico; up to foot of snow possible in northeast mountains

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A series of slow-moving winter storms that wreaked havoc in Southern California and left 3 feet (91 centimeters) of snow in northern Arizona made its way Saturday into New Mexico, where a stretch of U.S.
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Impassable winter roads create 'dire' situation for Ontario First Nations: NAN

Impassable winter roads create 'dire' situation for Ontario First Nations: NAN

Impassable winter roads are delaying vital shipments and threatening the safety of First Nations across northern Ontario, leaders warned as they pressed the provincial and federal government for support.
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Summer-like conditions with record temperatures lead to first Wisconsin tornadoes in February

Summer-like conditions with record temperatures lead to first Wisconsin tornadoes in February

EVANSVILLE, Wis.
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Proposed mine outside Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp nears approval despite environment damage concerns

Proposed mine outside Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp nears approval despite environment damage concerns

SAVANNAH, Ga.
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Ocean system that moves heat gets closer to collapse, which could cause weather chaos, study says

Ocean system that moves heat gets closer to collapse, which could cause weather chaos, study says

An abrupt shutdown of Atlantic Ocean currents that could put large parts of Europe in a deep freeze is looking a bit more likely and closer than before as a new complex computer simulation finds a “cliff-like” tipping point looming in the future.
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Record-breaking snowfall: Cape Breton hockey players, cadets rise to the occasion

Record-breaking snowfall: Cape Breton hockey players, cadets rise to the occasion

GLACE BAY, N.S. — When hockey coach Darrell MacAulay was asked to help an elderly neighbour who needed snow cleared from her walkway in Glace Bay, N.S., he knew he was going to need some extra muscle.
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